Kazakhstan road trip: Aktau mountains to Almaty lakes

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A journey from east to west across Kazakhstan, demonstrating contrasting landscapes: from the wild mountains of Aktau and the singing dune of Altyn-Emel to the architecture of Almaty, Lake Bolshoy Almaty with underwater forest and mountain objects such as the Medeu skating rink and the Chimbulak resort.

Duration
44 min 18 s
Start
Aktau Mountains and Night Adventures
End
Medeu Skating Rink
Stops
14
Channel author
Нелли Фоменко

Timestamps and places

  1. — Алматы облысы, Қазақстан (Intro)
  2. — Altyn-Emel National Park
  3. — Aktau Mountains and Night Adventures
  4. — Маңғыстау, Қазақстан (This is how lava froze here a million years ago)
  5. — Katutau Mountains (Lava Mountains) (Sand dune sings)
  6. — Almaty (And what to do in Almaty?)
  7. — Chimbulak (Shymbulak) Ski Resort (Almaty Metro)
  8. — Charyn Canyon (Charynskiy Canyon) (A non-obvious place to explore the city)
  9. — Aktau Mountains (White Mountains) (A place of recreation for Almaty residents)
  10. — Kok-Tobe is a symbol of Almaty
  11. — Medeu Skating Rink (Kaindy. A mountain lake that is different from the rest)
  12. — Athletes have been training here for decades
  13. — Shymbulak. Mountain peaks near the city
  14. — Local entrepreneurs
  15. — Big Almaty Lake (Big Almaty Lake (BAO))
  16. — The main problem of Almaty. Smog
  17. — Tuzskol. A lake that no one knows about
  18. — Nomadic culture of Kazakhstan
  19. — Ideal roads in Kazakhstan, but there is a catch
  20. — Charyn Canyon. Role model
  21. — Who built cities for them?
  22. — Baikonur
  23. — Teaser for a new video from a very underrated country
  24. — Turkestan (Turkestan. The spiritual capital of the Turkic world)
  25. — Aralsk. A port city without a sea
  26. — Where is the money?
  27. — Mangystau: why people go to the western part

Route on the map

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